“I don’t want us to not have the words to describe what we are! And I don’t want what we are to just be ‘not’ something else. Because it’s its own thing.”
Xavier and Sebastian immediately connect in high school, starting a…complicated relationship which continues to evolve through their mid-20s as they grow up (and glow up!) Across intimate virtual conversations and awkward real-life encounters (relatable!), years of missed connections and new partners, they gradually figure out what they mean to each other. And learn some sick dance moves.
From emerging Chinese/Australian writer and playwright Eric Jiang, Rhomboid is a hilarious and heartwarming new play about navigating friendship, relationships and love as a queer Asian-Australian.
Approx 90 mins (no interval). Recommended for ages 15+
Content warnings: Mild/occasional coarse language, sexual references, depictions of alcohol consumption. This production contains the use of haze.
Xavier: Richard Wu
Sebastian: Luke Visentin
Lachie/Felix: Joseph Raboy
Understudies: Christopher Colley & Jasper Lee-Lindsay
Producer: Aaron Cornelius
Playwright: Eric Jiang
Director: Sammy Jing
Assistant Director: Rachel Seeto
Set Designer: Paris Bell
Costume Designer: Lily Mateljan
Lighting Designer: Catherine Mai
Sound Designer/Composer: Christine Pan
Stage Manager: Alex Liang
Intimacy Coordinator: Rikiah Lizarraga
Dramaturgs: Jasper Lee-Lindsay & Rachel Seeto
Rhomboid is proudly supported by:
ACON – NSW’s leading LGBTQ+ health organisation &
Critical Stages Touring, Australia’s national touring theatre company, who have provided the space necessary to rehearse the work. Learn more about the way they’re supporting the future of independent theatre at www.criticalstages.com.au
Creative Development Cast (June 2023): Jonathan Lim, Tyler Dias, Luke Visentin
Staged Reading Team (KXT Step Up 2022): Featuring Wern Mak, Mitchell Lewin, Jasper Lee-Lindsay, & Sound Design by Sam Cheng.
And: KXT on Broadway, the KXT Board, John Harrison, Suzanne Miller, Christopher Starnawski, Charlie Vaux, Emily Buxton, Renee Lim, Andrew McMartin, CDP, Robbi James, Critical Stages, The Grand Electric, CAAP, Tessa Leong, Sandy Woo, ACON, Rhonda Bell, Dominque Purdue, Jasmin Borsovsky.
